As a solution, I present a hated staple of American urban infrastructure: the strip mall.

Plus-sized teen Tracy, with bouffant hair and big dreams, goes from social outcast to star in the stage musical, “Hairspray” ...

The 2026 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announcement is back on track. Some furloughed government workers are being called back to produce a critical piece of September inflation ...

The average retiree will get a roughly $54 increase in their Social Security benefit. Seniors who pay Medicare premiums from their benefits will get a smaller effective increase. The result is an ...

Project 2025 described Medicare and Medicaid as “runaway entitlements” in desperate need of “reform.” “In essence, our deficit problem is a Medicare and Medicaid problem,” the document said. Trump ...

FILE - Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility February 11, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images) The ...

The government shutdown began on Tuesday. Social Security payments to more than 74 million Americans will stay on schedule during the government shutdown, a spokesperson for the Social Security ...

Retirement, survivor and disability payments will continue, but some services may be temporarily unavailable. By Tara Siegel Bernard The failure to reach a budget agreement will shut down much of the ...

The U.S. government has shut down after Congress failed to pass funding for the new fiscal year. Essential services like Social Security, Medicare, and mail delivery will continue, but non-essential ...

A federal shutdown will go into effect on Oct. 1 if elected officials can't reach a deal in time Getty (2) As the possibility of a government shutdown looms, some are questioning what that will mean ...

A partial government shutdown will begin on October 1 if President Trump and Congress do not reach a spending agreement. Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments will continue ...

Social Security payments for October will be sent out on the second, third, and fourth Wednesdays of the month. A new paperless policy requires recipients to use direct deposit or a Direct Express ...